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  1. African Pygmy Goose

    African Pygmy Goose

    This beautiful little goose is fairly common in the environs of Monrovia, Liberia's coastal capital. In this picture a juvenile bird appears to be swimming ahead of a pair of adults.
    • Gordon Hodgson
    • Media item
    • african pygmy goose digiscoped fendel liberia nettapus auritus
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Africa
  2. Black Bee-Eater 2

    Black Bee-Eater 2

    Though Liberia receives up to 500 cm of rain a year, the secondary rain forest near the ocean is often broken up by extensive areas of sandy soil that can support only grasses. This Black Bee-eater and its mate were found on the forest edge of one of these large areas of "coastal savanna".
    • Gordon Hodgson
    • Media item
    • black bee-eater digiscoped liberia river cess
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Africa
  3. Common Fiscal (Shrike)

    Common Fiscal (Shrike)

    The Common Fiscal is indeed common in villages and towns in Liberia. It often perches on roadside power lines; hence the local name "Electric Bird". Fortunately this bird chose a low lookout perch where there was no backlighting, and the yellow blossoms nearby seemed to complete the...
    • Gordon Hodgson
    • Media item
    • common digiscoped electric bird fiscal liberia shrike
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Africa
  4. Black Bee-Eater 1

    Black Bee-Eater 1

    During the 1980s, before civil war forced us to leave Liberia, I could count on finding this rather uncommon rain forest bee-eater about 1 km southeast of the mouth of the Cess River, along the coastal trail. On a short visit back to Liberia in January of this year, I wondered whether I would...
    • Gordon Hodgson
    • Media item
    • black bee-eater digiscoped liberia river cess
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Africa
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